Upgraded to Pt9 and Saffire 56++

[Raggi]

Hi.
I just upgraded my studio with Pt9.03, Focusrite Saffire 56 + Octapre MKII Dynamic, Win 7 64bit ultra. My computer is an apporved Dell but when I try to open a new project in 24bit 48k it tells me that there has been changes and I need to restart PT. I checked in the Session view, and it says 48k, 24bit.

Now, I checked Control Panel (sounds), set it to 24, 48k.
I did all the optimalizations for PT.
The saffire app, set it to 48 and when I open a project I set it to 48k.
I have checked that saffire is the soundcard in PT and it finds all my IOs etc.
All databases, all is deleted. Tried different startup procedures.....
I'm not using my old Digi002 and havn't installed the driver for 002 and firewire.

AND, YES I do have backup of my old system :)
Other apps like Wavelab works fine.

What am I missing?

[Dism]

Originally Posted by Raggi

What am I missing?

... A Sandra report.

[cwsand]

Not sure if this has anything to do with your problem, but you might try an alternate firewire driver such as the legacy one. I bought a Saffire 56 recently and love it!

[hue]

When you change start a new session, you must specify the sample and bit rate. If you start a session and change the sample bit rate settings, it must be from the settings, playback engine menu. It will ask you to restart PT. Save it first and exit. When you open the session, make sure that the settings for your Saffire is already @ 24bit/48k otherwise ProTools will reset the sample/bit rate and it will ask you to restart again.

[Raggi]

Thansk:
Cwsand, yes legacy is one of the optimalization settings. Done.
Dism, I actually didn't try to do a save. I will try.

[Raggi]

My finding so far:
I have 2 monitor 1x24" (1920x1200) and 1x19" (1280x1024).
When PT starts it sets the PT windows to the same size as my 19". If I adjust this PT window to match my 24, pt comes up that I need to restart because of ASIO changes.

I have disconnected my 19" and all works OK now.
I have a Nvidia Quatro 4800 with the newest drivers. Driver only installed!
My 24" is connected through the Digital out, and my 19" to display port->digital converter. These are the alternatives I have for connecting....

I will try another 24" to replace my 19" to see if this helps.

[sunburst79]

Originally Posted by Raggi

My finding so far:
I have 2 monitor 1x24" (1920x1200) and 1x19" (1280x1024).
When PT starts it sets the PT windows to the same size as my 19". If I adjust this PT window to match my 24, pt comes up that I need to restart because of ASIO changes.

I have disconnected my 19" and all works OK now.
I have a Nvidia Quatro 4800 with the newest drivers. Driver only installed!
My 24" is connected through the Digital out, and my 19" to display port->digital converter. These are the alternatives I have for connecting....

I will try another 24" to replace my 19" to see if this helps.

It would be interesting to know if changing the resolution so that both monitors have the same value has any effect.

[Raggi]

I will try with two 24" tomorrow (tuesday).
I have managed to get a stable Pt9 now with only 1 monitor.

[Raggi]

Two 24" with 1920x1200 works better and stable, sort of.
If I max out the PT windows to fitt both monitors 100%, it fails.
If I keep just a little on the bottom left, just some pixels; it's stable. Go figure.
I will try the old gfx card tomorrow (quatro fx.xxx, can't remember).

[Raggi]

Not so happy anymore. It fails all the time. Did get a Sandra repport:

SiSoftware Sandra
Computer
Model : Dell Precision WorkStation T5400
Workgroup : WORKGROUP
Host Name : StudioValhalla1
User : StudioValhalla
Processor
Model : 2x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5440 @ 2.83GHz
Speed : 2.83GHz
Cores per Processor : 4 Unit(s)
Type : Quad-Core
Integrated Data Cache : 4x 32kB, Synchronous, Write-Thru, 8-way, 64 byte line size
L2 Cache : 2x 6MB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 24-way, 64 byte line size, 2 threads sharing
Computer
Mainboard : Dell 0RW203
BIOS : Dell A04 08/21/2008
Bus(es) : X-Bus PCI PCIe IMB USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus
Multi-Processor (MP) Support : 2 Processor(s)
Multi-Processor Advanced PIC (APIC) : Yes
Total Memory : 4GB DDR2 FB-DIMM
Chipset
Model : Dell 5400A Chipset Memory Controller Hub
Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 332MHz (1.33GHz)
Total Memory : 2GB DDR2 FB-DIMM
Channels : 2
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 332MHz (664MHz)
Memory Module(s)
Memory Module : Samsung M395T5750EZ4-CE66 1GB ECC DDR2 FB-DIMM PC2-5300F DDR2-666 (5-5-5-15 3-20-5-3)
Memory Module : Samsung M395T5750EZ4-CE66 1GB ECC DDR2 FB-DIMM PC2-5300F DDR2-666 (5-5-5-15 3-20-5-3)
Video System
Video Adapter : NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 (192 SM4.0 1.19GHz, 1.5GB DDR3 1.58GHz 384-bit, PCIe 2.00 x16)
Video Adapter : NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 (192 SM4.0 1.19GHz, 1.5GB DDR3 1.58GHz 384-bit, PCIe 2.00 x16)
Graphics Processor
OpenCL Processor : NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 (192SP 24C 1.2GHz, 1.5GB DDR3 1.58GHz 384-bit)
Compute Shader Processor : NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 (192SP 1.19GHz, 1.5GB DDR3 1.58GHz 384-bit)
CUDA Processor : NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 (192SP 24C 1.2GHz, 1.5GB DDR3 1.58GHz 384-bit)
Storage Devices
Corsair CSSD-F120GB2 (120GB, SATA300, SSD) : 112GB (C:) (D:)
SAMSUNG HD103SJ (1TB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, 32MB Cache) : 932GB (G:) (H:) (I:)
Seagate ST3500320AS (500.1GB, SATA150, 3.5", 7200rpm) : 466GB (J:) (K:) (L:) (M:)
HL-DT-STDVD+-RW GSA-H31L (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache, 32MB Flash) : 111MB (E:)
Optiarc DVD RW AD-7170S (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache) : N/A (F:)
Logical Storage Devices
System Reserved : 100MB (NTFS)
PTaudio (G:) : 244GB (NTFS) @ SAMSUNG HD103SJ (1TB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, 32MB Cache)
Work (J:) : 49GB (NTFS) @ Seagate ST3500320AS (500.1GB, SATA150, 3.5", 7200rpm)
GHOST (K:) : 49GB (FAT32) @ Seagate ST3500320AS (500.1GB, SATA150, 3.5", 7200rpm)
Data (L:) : 149GB (NTFS) @ Seagate ST3500320AS (500.1GB, SATA150, 3.5", 7200rpm)
PTbackup (M:) : 150GB (NTFS) @ Seagate ST3500320AS (500.1GB, SATA150, 3.5", 7200rpm)
SSD win7 (C:) : 78GB (NTFS) @ Corsair CSSD-F120GB2 (120GB, SATA300, SSD)
SSD 2 (D:) : 34GB (NTFS) @ Corsair CSSD-F120GB2 (120GB, SATA300, SSD)
Samples (H:) : 15GB (NTFS) @ SAMSUNG HD103SJ (1TB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, 32MB Cache)
Morro (I:) : 673GB (NTFS) @ SAMSUNG HD103SJ (1TB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, 32MB Cache)
Saffire MixContr (E:) : 111MB (CDFS) @ HL-DT-STDVD+-RW GSA-H31L (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache, 32MB Flash)
Optical Drive (F:) : N/A @ Optiarc DVD RW AD-7170S (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache)
Peripherals
LPC Hub Controller 1 : Dell 631xESB/6321ESB/3100 LPC Interface Controller
LPC Legacy Controller 1 : SMSC EMC2700LPC
Serial Port(s) : 5
Parallel Port(s) : 1
Disk Controller : Dell 631xESB/6321ESB/3100 Ultra ATA Storage Controller
Disk Controller : Dell Enterprise Southbridge SATA cc=AHCI
USB Controller 1 : Dell 631xESB/6321ESB/3100 Chipset USB Universal Host Controller #1
USB Controller 2 : Dell 631xESB/6321ESB/3100 Chipset USB Universal Host Controller #2
USB Controller 3 : Dell 631xESB/6321ESB/3100 Chipset USB Universal Host Controller #3
USB Controller 4 : Dell 631xESB/6321ESB/3100 Chipset USB Universal Host Controller #4
USB Controller 5 : Dell 631xESB/6321ESB/3100 Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
FireWire/1394 Controller 1 : TI TSB82AA2 IEEE-1394b Link Layer Controller
SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : Intel 5X00/7X00 XMB Ch 21-0 SMBus
SMBus/i2c Controller 2 : Intel 5X00/7X00 XMB Ch 21-1 SMBus
SMBus/i2c Controller 3 : Intel 5X00/7X00 XMB Ch 21-0 SMBus
SMBus/i2c Controller 4 : Intel 5X00/7X00 XMB Ch 21-1 SMBus
SMBus/i2c Controller 5 : Intel 5X00/7X00 XMB Ch 22-0 SMBus
SMBus/i2c Controller 6 : Intel 5X00/7X00 XMB Ch 22-1 SMBus
SMBus/i2c Controller 7 : Intel 5X00/7X00 XMB Ch 22-0 SMBus
SMBus/i2c Controller 8 : Intel 5X00/7X00 XMB Ch 22-1 SMBus
SMBus/i2c Controller 9 : Intel ICH SMBus
Printers and Faxes
Printer : Microsoft XPS Document Writer (600x600, Colour)
Fax : Microsoft Shared Fax Driver (200x200)
Network Services
Mobile Broadband Adapter : Option N.V. iCON 505 (GSM, 14.4Mbps)
Power Management
Mains (AC) Line Status : On-Line
Battery No 1 : 100%
Operating System
Windows System : Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 6.01.7601 (Service Pack 1)
Platform Compliance : x64
Windows Experience Index
Current System : 7.1